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Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 11:44:22 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <vb5126$2ub27$2@dont-email.me> References: <vb4o37$2f2k$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <vb4q0k$21bpi$1@solani.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:44:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="286c08a40a607d6b35228e6bfd6841de"; logging-data="3091527"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX180bFoy7cDCFecKusI6GBDaIrEhjPoxQB4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:fRYJ6uODKk0LyH08OOrYk7KmY0o= In-Reply-To: <vb4q0k$21bpi$1@solani.org> Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 2711 On 2024-09-02 09:44, badgolferman wrote: > Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote: >> What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? >> >> The fact is of all common consumer operating systems, as of February 2023, >> only Apple *requires* you to completely lose your privacy by forcing you to >> use 2FA (which, for most people, is accomplished by their personal phone). >> >> Obviously I'm aghast that only Apple completely ignores any request for >> privacy, but I can't fight it and still log into my Apple ID on my iPads. >> >> While I gave Apple my personal very private cell phone number, because I >> was forced to do it in order to create the new Apple ID, my question here >> is how can we avoid giving Apple our privacy for the rest of our lives? >> >> What other forms of 2FA can we give Apple to log into new Apple accounts? >> > > I’m not entirely sure, but it seems you can get a different trusted device. > > > https://support.apple.com/en-us/102660 > > If you don’t want to give out your personal phone number maybe a Google > Voice number would work. Use a Google solution to authenticate with Apple! > BTW, for your edification on Arlen's claim that this "only Apple": 'Can I turn 2-Step Verification off? Currently, you can turn off 2-Step Verification after it’s turned on automatically, but signing in with just a password makes your account much less secure. Soon, 2-Step Verification will be required for most Google Accounts.' <https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/10956730?hl=en#zippy=%2Ccan-i-turn--step-verification-off>